NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25...
by Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Governor Tate Reeves (R) and State Treasurer David McRae (R) jointly announced Tuesday that Fitch Ratings had upgraded Mississippi’s Gaming Revenue Tax Bonds Series 2015E and 2019A to AA-, with a Stable Outlook. The...
by Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Leaders at Mississippi’s two largest universities have received a contract extension and pay increase. Approval of those employment changes occurred during the September 17 meeting of the Board of Trustees for the...
by Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune A Mississippi bakery made Oprah’s O List. Its red velvet cake earned a spot in The New York Times Holiday Gift Guide. And people from one end of the country to the other have ordered its desserts for birthdays,...
by Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez The Natchez Historical Society and Dr. Robert Prospere have agreed to contribute a combined $2,850 toward a state historical marker commemorating Fort Valeur, a wooden stockade associated with the 1729 Natchez...
Mississippi Supreme Court Administrator and Counsel Hubbard T. Saunders IV of Jackson died on October 18. He was 75. A celebration of life service is scheduled for Saturday, October 24, at 11 a.m. at Fondren Presbyterian Church, 3220 Old Canton Road in Jackson....
by Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez The Home with Heroes Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 2015 by the late G. Mark LaFrancis to help veterans and their families, has ended operations, Foundation President Robert Foley announced. In an October 16...
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) named Daniel Edney, MD, as the organization’s 84th president. Dr. Edney, state health officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health, succeeds Manisha Juthani, MD, commissioner of the...
Barge Forest Products is investing more than $8.3 million to expand its sawmill operations in Macon, a project expected to increase production capacity, improve efficiency and strengthen the company’s competitiveness in the lumber industry. The expansion...
by Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The U.S. Navy has awarded Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula a $99 million contract modification to conduct sea trials for the Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002). “This award reflects the Navy’s...
by Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune If you have ever been inside an old theater after the audience has gone home, you know it can be a little unsettling. The empty seats, darkened stage, and occasional creak from somewhere you can’t quite identify...
by Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi Export Railroad has been awarded a $35.5 million grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program....
Governor Tate Reeves today announced the appointment of Russell B. Jordan of Hernando as County Court Judge for DeSoto County. This appointment fills a vacancy created when the former County Court Judge Craig Treadway was appointed to serve as circuit...
TrueCare, in partnership with Miss Mississippi 2026 Jane Granberry, announced today that the Healthy Hearts, Bright Minds Tour will visit elementary schools across Mississippi this fall. This initiative will encourage children to read more, stay active, and...
by Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Concerns over the level of care inmates in state custody are receiving was the major topic during this week’s Joint Committee of Public Welfare and Corrections hearing at the Mississippi Capitol. During previous...
Dr. Richard E. Holmes, Mississippi State University’s first African American student, died Oct. 16 at age 82. Upon learning of Dr. Holmes’s passing, MSU President Mark E. Keenum said: “My wife and my four children, all now MSU students, join me in mourning the...
Governor Tate Reeves today announced he has appointed Bo Luckey Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) effective immediately. Sean Tindell will remain at MDPS until November 30, 2026, to assist with the transition. “Mississippi...
by Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune ‘Tis the season for all things spooky. It’s easy to spot the decorated lawns and aisles of candy on store shelves. But hidden away most of the year in a storage room at Mississippi’s Old Capitol Museum in Jackson is an...
by Chris Burrows, Associated Press No. 9 Mississippi and No. 13 Missouri each field statistical leaders that began their careers at the opposing school before achieving greater individual success through the transfer portal. The reunion of four showcase...
by Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Assessment scores for public school districts and schools across show over 50% scored a B or higher under the newly established cut scores. This was the first year that schools and districts were assessed on more...
